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Amelia Opie | |
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 A 1798 portrait of Amelia Opie by her husband, John Opie | |
| Born | Amelia Alderson 12 November 1769 Norwich, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | 2 December 1853 (aged 84) Norwich, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Resting place | Gildencroft Quaker Cemetery, Norwich |
| Occupation(s) | 18th century novelist and poet |
| Spouse | John Opie (1798–1807; his death) |
Amelia Opie (née Alderson; 12 November 1769 – 2 December 1853) was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic period up to 1828. A Whig supporter and Bluestocking,[1][2] Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. Hers was the first of 187,000 names presented to the British Parliament on a petition from women to stop slavery.
- ^ Earland, A. (1911). John Opie and His Circle. Hutchinson & Company. p. 180. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
Mrs. Opie, an inveterate hero - worshipper, had an immense admiration for Charles James Fox [a Whig]. Her last sight of ... Whig party mourned his loss as...
- ^ "Correspondence of Amelia Opie - UGA at Oxford, Fall 2022". © 2023 Roxanne Eberle. 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
She has been variously (and often simultaneously) identified as a radical Whig, conservative reactionary, flirtatious bluestocking, pious Quaker
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